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rene(at)felker.com
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 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject: Medical |
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Got my first old age scare this past year....one year ago I was told I had
ocular hypertension.....high pressure in the eye. I looked it up on the FAA
site and found out that although my eye doctor said I had no problems, that
my flight surgeon would not be able to sign my medical. Trying to be
proactive I got my eye doctor the form the FAA said they needed and well
before my medical expired, I got a fresh eye exam with all the special test
I needed and then did my flight physical...due to scheduling problems that
was done right after Christmas. My flight surgeon proceeded to defer my
medical to the FAA and sent in all the paperwork. Since my old medical
expired 31 Jan 12, I started calling the last week of Jan. They were very
pleasant, but all they would tell me was that they had the paperwork and
they would get to it when they got to it. Long story short, they got to it
and I receive a new medical 10 Feb.
Although I thought there was no problem......it really hit me hard when it
got to a point where I could not fly.
Caution....the FAA can be slow....
Rene
N423CF
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Kellym
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1705
Location: Sun Lakes AZ
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject: Medical |
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On 2/11/2012 5:39 PM, Rene wrote:
| Quote: | Having been down this road a couple times, just keep in mind that you CAN fly, as long as you locate an appropriately rated pilot to act as PIC. Maybe a little tricky if you want to meet insurance requirements for open pilot...but for FAA just needs private with HP endorsement.
Although I thought there was no problem......it really hit me hard when it
got to a point where I could not fly.
Caution....the FAA can be slow....
Rene
N423CF
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Kellym
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Sun Lakes AZ
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: Medical |
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Let me reformat that so it reads correctly
On 2/11/2012 5:52 PM, Kelly McMullen wrote:
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> Having been down this road a couple times, just keep in mind that
> you CAN fly, as long as you locate an appropriately rated pilot to
> act as PIC. Maybe a little tricky if you want to meet insurance
> requirements for open pilot...but for FAA just needs private with HP
> endorsement.
If your insurance calls for 25 hours of RV time....a post to Van's
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Airforce offering a ride in RV-10 to anyone meeting that # hours and
qualifications should get you someone to play the role.
I did that for 9 months with a hung kidney stone that was too small to
blast. Just had to find someone with tailwheel experience for the plane
I had then.
| Quote: | > On 2/11/2012 5:39 PM, Rene wrote:
> Although I thought there was no problem......it really hit me hard
> when it
> got to a point where I could not fly.
>
> Caution....the FAA can be slow....
> Rene
> N423CF
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amekler
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:25 am Post subject: Medical |
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Rene,
As an AME, ocular hypertension is a condition the AME cannot approve(the
initial time) It requires your ophthalmologist to fill out FA form 8500-14
and visual field testing. Your AME can get the approval through Oklahoma
City or the regional flight surgeon(I don't know which state you live in)
but I prefer to go through the regional flight surgeon rather than Oklahoma.
It is usually much quicker.
Regards,
Alan Mekler MD
AME #20052
RV10 N668G
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sfdarton(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: Medical |
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Rene
I had a medical issue 3 yrs ago that was going to put my medical in the "FAA limbo basket." I found that the EAA had Medical avocates to help with such a situation. I found one in Utah that with one phone call to the regional flight surgeon got everything straightend out. He was very responsive and knew exactly how to correct things and get my medical issued immeadiatly. This man is also an AME and you may be interested to know that he lives and practices in the BMC area. If I lived closer I would use him exclusivly.
DAVID G. HESS, MD[/url]
950 S 500 W
BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, 84302
(435) 734-4144
[url=http://us.mg3.mail.yahoo.com/addmap2.cgi?20293]Dr. HESS is a pilot too
Steve
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From: Rene <rene(at)felker.com>
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:39 PM
Subject: RV10-List: Medical
--> RV10-List message posted by: "Rene" <rene(at)felker.com (rene(at)felker.com)>
Got my first old age scare this past year....one year ago I was told I had
ocular hypertension.....high pressure in the eye. I looked it up on the FAA
site and found out that although my eye doctor said I had no problems, that
my flight surgeon would not be able to sign my medical. Trying to be
proactive I got my eye doctor the form the FAA said they needed and well
before my medical expired, I got a fresh eye exam with all the special test
I needed and then did my flight physical...due to scheduling problems that
was done right after Christmas. My flight surgeon proceeded to defer my
medical to the FAA and sent in all the paperwork. Since my old medical
expired 31 Jan 12, I started calling the last week of Jan. They were very
pleasant, but all they would tell me was that they had the paperwork and
they would get to it when they got to it. Long story short, they got to it
and I receive a new medical 10 Feb.
Although I thought there was no problem......it really hit me hard when it
got to a point where I could not fly.
Caution....the FAA can be slow....
Rene
N423CF
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